Today we’re not messing around. We’re taking on the big issues.
Enough with the stupid football uniforms already. Last night we reached a new low in dumb uniforms with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ alleged throwback unis. I’m pretty sure that no Steeler from the 1930’s would have been caught dead in the get up that Aaron Rodgers was forced to wear. Today I suppose every Steeler from the 1930’s would be caught dead, but also better attired.
And the Packers weren’t much better in their all whites. The helmets look like they only have the primer on them. What? They ran out of money before the final coat could have been applied?
And then there was Oregon v. Wisconsin. The Badgers deserved to win if only because they were wearing classic uniforms while not catching any passes. Meanwhile. Oregon, which probably started all this because they’re Nike’s team, looked like Jerry Garcia on a bad trip.
When the Packers are at home they should wear green jerseys, when on the road white jerseys. Always gold pants. The Badgers should wear red at home and white on the road. Home teams wear their primary color while the visitors wear white. No exceptions.
Well, except for the Dallas Cowboys who always insisted on wearing white no matter where they were playing. Under NFL rules they could choose their color at home, so they opted to go against tradition and wear white. On the road traditionally the visitors wore white, so they were covered there too. Except that sometimes the home team would exercise their option to choose to wear white, forcing the Cowboys to wear blue, which they thought was unlucky. Historic data suggests they were right, though recent experience indicates that the curse may have been lifted.
Of course football isn’t alone in the ugly uniform trend. Baseball does the same thing, and maybe basketball and hockey do too, but I don’t care about basketball and hockey. I don’t know about soccer, but nobody cares about soccer.
When teams mess around with their uniforms it feels like changing the formula for Coke or the logo for Cracker Barrel — you tend to ask why? It’s the victory of the packaging over the product, of the marketing over the substance.
Now, in the case of the Badgers they’d actually have excellent reasons to try to do exactly that, but at least this week they didn’t. They stuck with their traditional uniforms even if they’ve gotten away from their tradition of winning football games. It was a small moral victory. We’ll take it.
Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos 
Come on, the NFL has never had any integrity or commitment to tradition.
The real travesty is the “City Connect” uniforms in the MLB. The Phillies’ are the absolute worst. Also the fact that the Phillies have been allowed to wear their 70-80’s era “away” uniforms during home games. Makes me sick.
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“sometimes the home team would exercise their option to choose to wear white“
Miami and Tampa Bay (and sometimes Carolina) occasionally wear white at home, usually during the early season, oppressively hot-n-humid games in order to reflect the sun rather than absorb it.
I never thought it would make an appreciable difference…but it seems analytics sees it otherwise.
“Historic data suggests they were right, though recent experience indicates that the curse may have been lifted.”
IMO, so long as Jerry Jones remains Dallas’ Grand Pubbah, the curse will continue.
While the team I most enjoy watching getting their a$$e$ handed to them would be the Midgets of the Midway, the Evil Empire is a close second. Got a rare Twofer yesterday, with the former getting pasted by a one (1) win team.
After watching the film, expect Lafleur to mention to Love that tossing floaters up for grabs (however infrequently and lucky catches notwithstanding) is not in the team’s best interests.
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I had the same thought. But if the intended recipients of those floaters continue to be as good as Tucker Kraft and company were last night, Love might be getting away with this into February.
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“Love might be getting away with this into February.”
They stay healthy, Watson regains his pre-injury form, and they get Jayden Reed back in ~four (4) weeks, that’s not at all far-fetched. Despite the Steelers having the NFL’s most expensive defense (a goodly portion of that going to DBs Jalen Ramsey and Darius Slay), Kraft was other-worldly, the others didn’t disappoint, and Love had his way with them.
FUN FACTS:
Brett Favre, age 27, wins Super Bowl XXXI.
Aaron Rodgers, age 27, wins Super bowl XLV.
Jordan Love turns 27 next Sunday.
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well, it was nice to see Mr Rodgers, mount one of his famous 4th quarter comebacks. good old Aaron looked like he was happy to see his former teammates and coaches. as for Bucky, oh well deep subject.
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